Pros
Working at Microcenter isn't what it's cut out to be. On the surface you would think you would get great discounts (on PC hardware), a happy environment to work in, it would also seem like it pays well. However, it isn't any of these things. It is a place where workers are scammed and slaved for, at times, little pay. But, it must be said, that this mostly applies to general sales.
Cons
Working at Microcenter left a very bad taste in my life. Never have I seen a company that payed it's workers to "reset", put inventory on the shelves, or fix an entire aisle (for an entire week), for just $4 an hour. It is worth mentioning how this company pays it's workers. General sales, are payed a base of $4 an hour, plus a low commission rate of 1.5% and 1.8% on attached items. The kinds of items you are selling range from 99 cents to $1000; on average you will sell items around the $20 range. It is rare for you to sell items above $150; bad for commission and bad for your paycheck. To make things worst, if a customer returns an item, it will deduct from your comission; and yes, you will get plenty of returns. To make $10 an hour, you must aim to sell a total of $2,000 worth of items in an 8 hour shift. That is too much running around just to reach $10 an hour; you will be exhausted in trying to meet this goal. Plus, if you work more than an 8 hour shifts, which you most likely will do, 10 to 12 hour shifts, you will have to sell more to maintain $10 an hour. So imagine, you are tasked to redo/move an entire aisle, which I've seen and observed to have taken a week or two to complete - on average. During this period of time, you "aren't allowed" to sell, you will just focus on redoing/fixing/moving the aisle. While doing this task, you will not get any special pay, instead you will work for a base pay of $4 an hour - nothing more. There are places out there that literally pay they're employees to do the same kind of work for $10 an hour. Plus, the more workers there are, the less each one makes - because its the law of sharing. The more people there are to share the sales, the less everyone gets. Plus, it can get a bit "edgy" when one co-worker is "hogging up", or through luck, getting all the sales; Not a good situation. If you are interested in working here for the discounts on PC hardware or computer's, do not bother. PC hardware literally have no discounts, you are lucky to find some that have $10 off. No discounts on cpus, and no discounts on computers. The only good discounts they have are on cables. Like what!? Not worth it. You are better off working somewhere else and shopping at microcenter as a customer. That way, they'll treat you better as a customer than as an employee. They will stand on their knees for you as a customer, but as an employee, they will stand on you.
